Square One

Having to restart something seems like such a daunting task. 

For me, I am rewriting my book, Racing Hearts, and, let me tell you, it is not easy. But it seems less difficult to comprehend when you think about the fact that there are so many opportunities to improve whatever you're working on. At first, it may seem quite messy, but over time, as you develop your project—whatever it may be—it'll become clearer and clearer. 

Restarting is hard. 

Of course, we'd all want things to go perfectly the first time we try, but that's not always the case since we are human—we're imperfect. While it does seem like so much time an energy was wasted, it really isn't. Most likely, you already know the basics of what you'd like to do (whether it be as general as "I want to write a book," "I want to write a children's book," or already having a simple outline). 

In my case, I have to step back and evaluate the entirety of my project, and actually re-do most of everything I had written previously—120 pages. It's not easy. But when you realize that you need to scrap a majority of a project, you see how it needs to be refined and the whole plan becomes clearer. 

Starting back at square one is the last thing anyone really ever wants to do. I've done some escape rooms—a room in which you gather clues and solve mysteries in order to escape that room—and I'm always having to go back to square one to try to take on a new perspective that could help me understand what I'm meant to do in order to solve the puzzle. 

Resetting your mind is difficult to not think in your own set ways. You have to try to think like an outsider, someone else who would think their way around what you're currently stuck in. I have to think about other writers and their books, I have to think about how I can intertwine storylines and create conflict that would be important to the reader. 

We have to go back to square one with God, relationships, and ourselves sometimes. With God, we could have been ignoring Him. With relationships, we may need to try to work harder in order to make things work. With ourselves, we can almost always see our flaws, but it's difficult to venture back to the root or the beginning of those flaws. We have to put in extra effort to try to change things about ourselves. 

Square one isn't such a terrible place to be—at least once we get that new perspective and can build on it. 

~The Inspired One